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Marvel presents Marvel’s Avengers Assemble, the Super Hero team-up of a lifetime. Iconic Marvel Super Heroes Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor and Captain America assemble for the first time ever in this new action-packed Marvel saga, starring Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson and Samuel L. Jackson, and directed by Joss Whedon. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, Director of the international peacekeeping agency S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself needing a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Marvel’s Avengers Assemble is packed with action, adventure and spectacular special effects that’ll knock your socks off. (Disney / Buena Vista)
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The idea that the film avoids the need to expose itself as a savage, because it will count on viewers familiar with previous films, is completely odd - firstly, a brief exposition of Hawkeye and Natasha is needed, secondly, guys need to compare their steel / divine cocks and find out who has the bigger one... we'll spend about half of the film doing that, and when everyone slaps each other and Captain America teaches us that there's only one God, there's finally a team event. As to how many minutes have passed, it cannot be said that we have complete information about who, what, why and for how much, but once Whedon starts to bend steel in tons and have one shot more spectacular than the last, it actually doesn’t matter. In addition, the characters start spewing one-liners (which unfortunately is a bit worse with the Czech dubbing), the Captain is a little annoying (a little so he can still appear as the good guy) and The Avengers offers exactly why people go and see "Marvel" films. A ballbusting hero party, legible, clear, polished and heavy on tone. You may miss the fact that the whole story is actually a tragically mechanical acceptance of "classical invasive awkwardness" without a fundamental contribution to the mythology of the heroes. The other half is simply pure pleasure from the enormously pompous spectacle. But I still can't shake the impression that nothing happened for half of the film and that we don't know anything more about the characters than before. I am inclined to think that Whedon did the work through careful maneuvering. The entertainment is decent, but as a separate fictional world, it doesn't make much sense - what the first Iron Man and partly Thor were able to do simply shrunk to an exhibition match of stars full of skills competitions. Edit: when I remember the meaty second half and how I also gave Battleship 3 ***, I capitulate and improve my rating :-) [75%]
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It wasn't until the final credits started rolling that I realized that many people's dreams had just come true. Such as the viewers who sensed from the end of the first Iron Man that this superhero gathering would be epic to the top floor of Stark Tower. Or Joss Whedon, who had been smiling under his (fully geeky) beard for so long until he brought us the essence of himself. And last but not least, all the Whedon fans who supported the creator as an unrivaled storyteller for many years. And then, in one of the most-watched movies of recent years, he proved them absolutely right. The Avengers has Stark's audacity, Cap's courage, Thor's rudeness, and Hulk's titanic power. And they mix everything into a cocktail that is almost impossible to drink in one go. Trying to catch all the quotes, breathtaking action scenes, and meticulously crafted details was simply impossible. It wasn't until the second viewing that I realized that Whedon had thoroughly played with his Marvel toy and then lent it to us, ordinary mortals. The fact that he created a perfectly cinematic comic book, nurturing it minute by minute like a mirror of the genre, is another matter altogether.
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With my girlfriend, we were looking forward to Avengers. What's nice is that the creators put together actors who really play Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, or Loki. They even surprised me by casting the superb Cobie Smulders in one of the roles, whom we really like. Overall, we can't say we weren't excited, we were looking forward to it a lot. We enjoy these comic adaptations, even though it's practically the same old song for the millionth time. Except this time, it's not about a specific character, but a whole bunch of superheroes. It kind of feels to me like Hollywood doesn't know what else to film. Because the story is just average, and if it wasn't for the great combination of humorists, either in the form of Iron Man or Thor, I might have started to get bored. Okay, the effects were great, the action was awesome, but that's about it. I thought about it a bit and realized that maybe we had high expectations. Avengers present themselves as a really big movie. However, a big movie from the world of comics probably only matches Watchmen. It manages to be far different in every aspect than movies with superheroes usually are. Avengers are essentially a recycling of all characters stuffed into one movie with a bunch of good action scenes, but no innovation. In any case, we were entertained, and that was the purpose of such a movie. I just don't know if it will be able to entertain me in the sequel.
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The Avengers are getting better. The disappointment of the movie theatre is slowly but surely fading thanks to the DVD, and the only problems I really have are with the character of Hawkeye (or rather, his wooden performance) and the fact that the film wants to be endlessly breathtaking at times while making fun of itself, which is a strange game I haven't yet bought into.
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Undemanding, popcorn paint by numbers with clear contours which begin to turn pastel green only after they line up. The Avengers Assemble is quality craftsmanship which unfortunately pays dearly for having just routine action (the first “teaser" part is markedly better than the second) and zero “emotional involvement" of either the viewer or the characters. The whole thing rests on the shoulders of the Stark - Thor - Banner trio and the remaining characters are either a necessary evil (Capt. America) or there to make up numbers. And also a proper baddy is sorely lacking; Loki is outstanding, but he’s more an amusing stooge than an arch-villain. As far as Marvel team productions are concerned, the movie versions of X-Men play in a much higher league.
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